History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Researches into Healthcare Information Technologies in the Program Systems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Y.I. Guliev The paper surveys formation and development history of medical informatics as a scientific direction in the Programs Systems Institute of RAS. The author also lists key directions of conducted researches. The paper further includes short descriptions of applied developments and the list of primary implementations. Moreover, the paper sheds light on the promising trends of studies and perspective directions of research. Key words: information systems, healthcare information systems, information system architecture, electronic healthcare record, healthcare information technologies. e-mail: init@yag.botik.ru